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    Daily Energy Budgets Of Caribou: A Simulation Approach (Energetics, Metabolism, Rangifer Tarandus, Migration)

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    Fancy, Steven Glen
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    Animal diseases
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    Energetic constraints have played a major role in the evolution of caribou (Rangifer tarandus). This thesis discusses several ways in which these constraints have affected caribou morphology, physiology and behavior through their effects on the physiological condition of caribou. A computer model of daily energy budgets was used to simulate energy budgets of caribou in late winter, spring migration, and during the month of July when caribou may be harassed frequently by insects. Model outputs included estimates of metabolizable energy intake, and changes in body weight and body composition. Several of the model inputs, such as fasting metabolic rates and activity costs, were measured using captive caribou. The mean energy cost for locomotion by adult caribou was the lowest recorded for any terrestrial species, and was more strongly related to leg length than to body weight. Highly significant (p < 0.001) relationships between oxygen consumption and heart rates were used to estimate energy expenditures for activities from heart rates of caribou ranging within a large enclosure. Energy expenditures by caribou while feeding on grain at a trough, grazing, browsing and walking, as estimated from heart rates, were 12%, 18%, 18% and 46% higher than that while standing, respectively. The doubly labeled water method was validated using caribou and reindeer as a method for estimating energy expenditures by free-ranging ruminants. The computer model accurately predicted changes in body weight and composition in trials with captive caribou. The model predicted fat losses of approximately 4 kg for pregnant females of the Porcupine Herd during spring migration. During the insect season, a lactating female was predicted to be in negative energy balance on all days when insect harassment occurred for 12 h or longer. Variations in input data associated with energy intake had a much greater effect on model outputs than did factors associated with energy expenditure. Consequently, the optimal range use strategy in the absence of other constraints should involve movements to areas where the most digestible forages can be obtained and the highest eating rates attained.
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    Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1986
    Date
    1986
    Type
    Dissertation
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